The alternative oxidases: Simple oxidoreductase proteins with complex functions

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1305-1311

  Young, Luke ^a   Shiba, Tomoo ^b   Harada, Shigeharu ^b   Kita, Kiyoshi ^c   Albury, Mary S ^a   Moore, Anthony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Di iron carboxylate protein; Electron transfer; Protein engineering; Respiration; Ubiquinol oxidase

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN H2; PROTON; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CELL RESPIRATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; WATER;

EID: 84884599962     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130073     Document Type: Article

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